Tuesday, June 10, 2008

WHO DO YOU PREFER TO BELIEVE...

Fats Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or the national science academies of 13 nations? Note that these academies offered a similar warning back in 2005.

National Academies Weigh in on Climate and Health
World's Science Groups Call for Halving Greenhouse Gas Pollution by 2050
By CLAYTON SANDELL
June 10, 2008
ABC News

Calling some effects from global warming inevitable, the science academies of 13 nations -- including the United States -- issued a joint statement today calling on world leaders to cut greenhouse gas pollution in half by 2050 and speed up technology research that helps foster a "low-carbon society."

"A movement to a low-carbon society will provide the opportunity to mitigate and adapt," the statement reads. "Mitigation cannot provide all the answers, but many impacts can be reduced, delayed or avoided by cutting emissions."

The statement was signed by the science academies of the G-8 nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom, along with China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa.

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